Fall 2014 Dominican Magazine

Fall 2014

The Magazine of Dominican University

Degrees
in Demand

The Pinnacle of Quality
Expressions of Mission
Faculty Spotlight: David Perry, PhD
Alumnae/i Spotlight:
Mary Kerwin White ’44

From the President

Dear Alumnae/i and Friends:

It was Sister Annie Willits who introduced me to the concept of both/and — and to the intellectual
generosity that such a robust perspective demands. This magazine demonstrates that concept, as well
as the pioneering spirit of Dominican University.

Dominican offers its students both breadth and depth in the arts and sciences, and access to high-
quality professional education. It is the integration of the two that is so defining of the undergraduate
experience, and so enriching of graduate professional practice. A nursing student at Dominican gets
the best of both worlds, essentially — and a job after college!

Of course, career readiness remains a much-debated outcome in most liberal arts institutions — the
either/or complex, and Dominican took the plunge last year with a comprehensive career services
needs assessment, resulting in a campus-wide plan for increasing student success after graduation.
The process both affirmed the core teachings of a liberal arts education: critical thinking, good
judgment, effective communication — and also indicated the need for greater employer engagement,
better alumnae/i career information and a stronger alumnae/i and parent network.

Our alums were out in full force for the Brennan School of Business accreditation celebration on
September 25. It is unusual for a small liberal arts university to seek AACSB accreditation because the
standards are so rigorous, but we took that risk. In fact, Dominican graduate students across all
programs get the big brand in a small teaching environment. Only the top 5 percent of business
schools internationally has garnered AACSB accreditation. That is meaningful in the market.

Meaning, of course, is the big differentiator at all levels of a Dominican education. We promise our
students both quality and purpose, Veritas et Caritas, with the curiosity and resilience to continue
learning. The articles in this magazine about alumnae/i achievements, both those of our Young
Mazzuchelli Models and Mary Kerwin White’s founding of La Leche League, give witness to the
enormous impact of a Dominican education. Hedi Belkaoui ’04, MAEA ’09, explained it most clearly in
his 2014 Convocation remarks: “While no one here at Dominican taught me exactly how to do this (his
job), they taught me that I could.”

Success with purpose is the hallmark of a Dominican education. It takes an intellectually generous
academic community with a pioneering spirit to create the both/and context for such engaged learning.
Sister Annie taught me that. And, I am proud to say — That’s Dominican!

Enjoy.

Sincerely,

Donna M. Carroll
President

Fall 2014

The Magazine of Dominican University

DU NEWS D E PA R T M E N T S

2 $ 1 Million Gift Provides for 18 Faculty Briefs
Distinguished Professorship 20 Class News

Join Us for the 2014-2015 29
Performing Arts Center
Concerts and Events 32 In Sympathy
Back Cover Passing Glances
3 CEO of Google Americas
Launches Brennan C-Suite BACK
Speaker Series

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F E AT U R E S

6 D egrees in Demand
3 10 The Pinnacle of Quality
12 E xpressions of Mission
14 Faculty Spotlight: David Perry, PhD
16 Alumnae/i Spotlight:
New Student Commons
Ensures the Full University Mary Kerwin White ’44
Experience for All Students

4 D ominican Student-Athletes
Set New Academic Record

Design Project is a Perfect Fit

5 T hinking of Graduate School?
Think Dominican

New Appointments

View the online version ON THE COVER PRESIDENT
of Dominican Magazine Donna M. Carroll
for the content included Stacie Seweryn, Class of 2016, is one of 18 students enrolled in
in the printed magazine Dominican’s new Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program. A V I C E P RE S I DE N T,
and recent issues you resident of Chicago, Seweryn received a Borra Nursing Scholarship, UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT
may have missed. and plans to provide nursing care in a hospital setting. Grace Cichomska

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Tina Weinheimer

ART DIRECTOR
Pam Norpell

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2 DU NEWS

$1 Million Gift Provides for Distinguished Professorship

John Rowe, (center) chairman emeritus of Exelon
Corporation, and his wife, Jeanne (right), have made
a $1 million gift to Dominican University to endow a
distinguished professorship within the Brennan
School of Business. The John and Jeanne Rowe
Professorship will recognize a current business
faculty member for distinguished service to the
school. John Rowe was a close friend and admirer of
the late Edward A. Brennan, former CEO of Sears,
Roebuck and Co., and his wife, Lois L. Brennan, an
alumna of Dominican University. The Brennan School
of Business is named in their honor.

35th Annual Benefit Concert Join Us for the 2014-2015 Performing Arts
Center Concerts and Events
Linda Eder
Holiday Concert Special Event Theatre Arts Lab Series
Saturday, March 14, 2015 Rockapella In the Heat of the Night The 25th Annual Putnam
Saturday, December 6, 2014 L.A. Theatre Works County Spelling Bee

Theatre Arts Lab Series Friday, February 13, 2015 April 10-12 & 17-19, 2015
The Black Box Experiment:
Family Theatre Lab Series Traditions Concert
December 5-7, 2014 Almost, Maine Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem
February 26-March 1, 2015 Friday, April 24, 2015

World Art Event 35th Annual Benefit Concert
Yuval Ron Ansemble Linda Eder
Saturday, January 24, 2015 Saturday, March 14, 2015

Yuval Ron Ansemble L.A. Theatre Works Rockapella

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DU NEWS 3

CEO of Google Americas
Launches Brennan C-Suite
Speaker Series

T hroughout the academic year, the Brennan School of Margo Georgiadis with Dominican Trustee Gregory Cappelli MBA ’92.
Business is hosting a special C-Suite Speakers Series
bringing top C-suite executives from leading companies in the Other speakers in the C-Suite Speaker Series are David MacNeil,
Chicago area and beyond to campus for the chance to speak founder and CEO of MacNeil Automotive Products, the manufacturer
and engage with students, faculty and other members of the of WeatherTech products; Mary Lee Schneider, president and CEO of
business community. Follett Corporation; and Paul Darley, president and CEO, W.S. Darley
& Co. To learn more about the free series, and to register to attend,
Margo Georgiadis, Google president of the Americas, kicked go to business.dom.edu.
off the series in October sharing her perspective on trends
and emerging issues impacting today’s business leaders.
Georgiadis leads the company’s North and Latin American
advertising sales and operations teams, responsible for more
than 45 percent of the company’s revenues. Georgiadis has
also held C-suite positions at Groupon and Discover Financial
Services, and was a partner at McKinsey & Company, where
she led the marketing and retail practices. Recently, Crain’s
Chicago Business listed her as #12 Most Powerful Woman in
Chicago Business.

New Student Commons Ensures the Full University Experience
for All Students

More than 150 years ago, Father Samuel
Mazzuchelli instructed our Sinsinawa
Dominican Sisters to “make college as
much like home as possible’ — wise
counsel that the university continues to
take to heart. Following in that path, the
university has set in motion plans to build
a new Student Commons on the main
campus to address the significant need for
additional space for student activities,
academic support services and improved
dining service, including air conditioning
for the Social and Dining Halls.

The new building, which will be located at
the north side of Mazzuchelli Hall, was
described in greater detail in the 2014
President’s Report (see page 11 at www.dom.edu/report). The Student Commons will capitalize on the adjacencies of study (academic
enrichment), prayer (ministry), community (student involvement) and service (community-based learning) to support intentional
student development. Construction is anticipated to launch in the fall of 2016. For additional information about the Student
Commons, please contact Grace Cichomska, vice president, University Advancement, [email protected], (708) 524-6288.

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4 DU NEWS

Dominican Student-Athletes Set
New Academic Record

Dominican University’s student-athletes posted a cumulative 3.25
grade point average for the Spring 2014 semester, marking the
department’s highest cumulative grade point average in history. The
Stars have now posted a 3.0 cumulative grade point average or higher in
15 consecutive semesters dating back to December 2006 and have set
and broken the department’s high mark in each of the last three
semesters.

More than 90 of the student-athletes across the university’s 13 NCAA
Division III rosters maintained a minimum 3.25 grade point average for
the entire academic year, qualifying as Dominican University Scholar
Athletes. Additionally, nearly 70 percent of the student-athletes who
competed more than two semesters earned a “B” average or better,
including seven student-athletes who managed a perfect 4.0 for the
2013-2014 academic year.

“I am proud of our student-athletes and their commitment to academic
success,” says Erick Baumann, director of athletics and head men’s
soccer coach. “Their continued academic success is a testament to their
hard work, the commitment of their coaches and the systems the
university has in place.”

Eleven of the department’s 13 intercollegiate teams managed a 3.0 or
better, led by the women’s volleyball program, which posted a 3.65
grade point average for the academic year. Nearly half of the
department’s rosters managed a 3.25, including softball, women’s
soccer, men’s basketball and men’s soccer.

Design Project is Students in the Custom Fit and Tailoring Class provided
a Perfect Fit custom-made business attire for women living at Grace House,
a residential program for women exiting the Illinois prison
W hen McKinley Johnson, lecturer, system.
apparel design and merchandising,
proposed a design project partnering with
Grace House — a residential program
providing services to women exiting the
Illinois prison system — it was a first for
everyone involved. But the reception was so
positive, it’s not likely to be the last. Last
spring, Johnson’s Custom Fit and Tailoring
class created custom-tailored business suits
for the women to wear on job interviews
and, while the students gained valuable
experience designing and creating a
garment for real clients under tight
deadlines, they also learned a bit about how a special outfit can affect
self-esteem and the rewards that come from gratitude. The project was
featured on the front cover of the March 22, 2014, issue of the Chicago
Tribune.

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Thinking of Graduate School? New Appointments:
Think Dominican
Karl A. Stumo has joined the
Did you know that more than university as vice president for
one-half — 52 percent — of enrollment management and
Dominican alumnae/i have a marketing, overseeing the admissions,
graduate degree? And more than financial aid and marketing functions
1,300 of our alums have both of the university. He joins Dominican
undergraduate and graduate degrees from Pacific Lutheran University in
from Dominican? Tacoma, WA, where he was vice
president for admission and enrollment
If you are considering pursuing a graduate degree, we can services. Stumo brings more than 20
help you realize your amazing possibilities. Dominican years of leadership experience in enrollment and admission
University offers a number of graduate degree and services, including 10 years at Pacific Lutheran. He previously
certificate options through the Graduate School of Library served in various roles in admissions and financial aid with Drake
and Information Science, the Brennan School of Business, University in Des Moines, IA; Iowa State University in Ames; and
the School of Education, the Graduate School of Social Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. Stumo earned his bachelor’s
Work and the School of Professional and Continuing degree from Concordia College, and holds a master’s degree in
Studies. To learn about the many graduate degree options, educational leadership and policy studies from Iowa State
go to dom.edu/amazing or call (708) 524-6829. University. He expects to soon complete his doctorate in
education leadership at Seattle University.

Victoria Chou has been named the
interim dean of the School of Education
to fill the vacancy left by Colleen
Reardon, who stepped down as dean to
join the school’s faculty. Chou most
recently served as dean and dean
emerita of the College of Education at
the University of Illinois at Chicago
(UIC). Under her leadership, U.S. News
& World Report has ranked the UIC
College of Education among the Top 50 Best Graduate Schools of
Education since 2005. Chou also served as interim executive
associate chancellor for external and government relations at the
same institution. Since 1996, Chou chaired the university’s
Council on Teacher Education. She has extensive experience in
urban education and implemented programs at UIC to address
the needs of students living in Chicago’s high-poverty,
underserved neighborhoods. She helped found the university’s
Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy and chaired the
Council for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. She also has
served in a number of capacities with the Chicago Public Schools.
Chou received her bachelor’s degree from Lawrence University,
and master’s and doctoral degrees in curriculum and instruction
from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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6 FEATURE

A s every college-bound student can attest, just after
being asked which college he/she is attending, the
most frequently asked question is “What’s your
major?” — an often not-so-veiled inquiry into the student’s
career plans.

According to the 2013 College Choice Report by ACT, 80
percent of incoming freshman students declare a major,
and the area they cite most often is “health science and
technology.” Perhaps not so coincidentally, recent statistics
from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the
health care industry — and nursing specifically — is
projected for significant growth, creating more jobs in the
coming years than any other industry. Even in a recession,
health care services are in demand, and the number of jobs
are plentiful, requiring varying levels of education.

Positioned right in this health care sweet spot is Dominican
University, offering a range of in-demand, health- and
premedical-related majors and programs, including the
brand-new Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program (BSN);
the Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Program; biology;
neuroscience; and nutrition and dietetics. Since receiving
State of Illinois approval this past spring, 18 new and
returning Dominican students now comprise the first class

De greesofnursingstudents,joiningwithhundredsofother
inDemand

Dominican students who’ve declared their interest in the
pursuing careers in the health sciences field.

“We offer students a variety of options in the health
sciences to help them determine what it is they want to do,”
explains Jeffrey Carlson, PhD, associate provost for
undergraduate education and dean of the Rosary College
of Arts and Sciences, “and after graduation, our alumnae/i
report that they feel enormously well prepared for where
they are in their careers.”

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Nursing students Mateusz Solarczyk and
Claudia Romero study and practice in a
brand-new, state-of-the-art clinical
simulation laboratory facility constructed
specifically for nursing. Above: Dominican’s
nutrition and dietetics program has grown
150 percent in the past five years and is now
one of the largest programs in the country.
Below, left: Pictured with Professor Irina
Calin-Jageman, PhD, biology students are
engaged in research very early on in the
course of their academic study.

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8 FEATURE

Eighteen students comprise the inaugural class in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program.

“The graduates of our BSN Program will be committed to using their “Rush Oak Park Hospital (ROPH) is delighted to be a clinical resource
talents to make a positive contribution in the world, and they will have for the newly established BSN nursing program at Dominican. It is
acquired the knowledge and skills needed to provide humanistic wonderful that the university has been willing to address the rising
nursing practice,” Carlson says. “Like each of our courses of study, the demand for registered nurses,” says Karen M. Mayer MSN, MHA, RN,
new BSN is rooted in our liberal arts and sciences curriculum, affirming vice president of patient care services. “Our initial contact with the
both the breadth and depth of the program. Unlike nursing programs at Dominican nursing students has instilled confidence that they have
some schools, we did not sacrifice even a single credit hour of the core been chosen for their talent and caring nature. I anticipate these
curriculum.” students will feel drawn to become one of the ROPH nursing
professionals who make a difference for the health of our community.”
Over the past year, Debra Gurney, EdD, executive director of the BSN,
has led the detailed and complex process of establishing a new degree Rush Oak Park Hospital is also one of several clinical sites for
program. From the initial Letter of Intent through to the final site visit Dominican’s Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Program — one of the
and approval from the State of Illinois, Gurney’s attention was largest programs of its kind in the country. Now in its 15th year, more
singularly focused on the multitude of details essential to developing a than 100 “post-bac” students are working to fulfill the science
program that ensures students are prepared to practice in a wide range prerequisites and clinical experience needed to apply to medical
of settings while building on the university’s strength in the sciences. school or other health care professional programs such as dental,
pharmacy or veterinary school. While the majority of students go on to
“Since the days of Florence Nightingale, nursing has been known as a apply to medical or dental school, the program introduces them to the
caring profession, and we were very careful to marry the nursing many health care paths.
curriculum with the liberal arts curriculum,” Gurney says. “Our
students will graduate with a skill set that includes strong “The demand going forward is in patient care, and we’re helping to
communication, listening and critical thinking skills — what every fulfill that need by exposing students to various degree options,
Dominican student gets. including medical degrees,” says Carsi Hughes, PhD, co-director of the
program. “One of our greatest strengths is that we provide individual,
“We have a world-class curriculum that allows students to take all our tailored advising and help students find the absolute best path for
coursework at Dominican with clinical experiences at several them.” Dominican graduates have achieved an impressive acceptance
partnering institutions,” Gurney says. “This four-year degree will give rate to medical schools nationwide.
students the edge they need to land quality jobs in the nursing field.”
Because of Dominican’s strong reputation in the sciences, enrollment
Central to the learning environment for the students is a new, state-of- in science courses has increased more than 200 percent since 2008
the-art simulation lab located in Parmer Hall, allowing students to when Parmer Hall opened. The coinciding dramatic growth in science
learn and practice their skills prior to going into the clinical setting. The majors — 147 percent in the past decade — is a reflection of
curriculum includes 814 hours of clinical experience — 100 hours more Dominican’s significant investment in preparing students for health
than state requirements — which students receive at eight area care careers. The university can boast that students are gaining the
hospitals that have signed agreements with the university. Prior to knowledge and experience needed to move directly into careers and
graduation, students complete a clinical immersion project giving them postgraduate programs. Renowned for their expertise and accessibility,
the full experience of working in the area of nursing they want Dominican’s faculty can be credited for this success. Two such faculty
to pursue. members are Alyssa Braun, PhD, and Bob Calin-Jageman, PhD.

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“Many students come into biology thinking they want to be doctors, and while many do go on
to medical school, because of the many opportunities they have for research and internship
placements, they discover new interests,” says Braun, chair of the biology department.
“Students are doing research early on in their academic study, which really positions them
well for careers in research as well as for entry into PhD programs.”

“We have many students who choose to come here specifically for our science programs, and
neuroscience and neuropsychology work well in health science careers,” says Calin-Jageman,
chair of the neuroscience program. “We’re very pleased by how ready are graduates are for
careers or graduate school. The best thing that we can do is to provide a truly broad
experience so students keep learning.

“The Introduction to Neuroscience course is open to all students, and very often students
discover they are more capable in science then they initially think,” he says, “and this training
opens a lot of doors for them, so they can figure out where they fit in the health science world.”

Following the same growth trajectory is Dominican’s nutrition and dietetics program. In the
past five years, the program has grown 150 percent and today is one of the largest programs in
the country thanks to key partnership agreements, accomplished faculty and state-of-the-art
facilities like the Christopher Nutrition Sciences Center.

“Our students are prepared for a variety of careers in the diverse field of nutrition because Support for Nursing Education
they receive a broad education in the physical, biological and social sciences as well as at Dominican
communication and services administration,” explains Jill White, RD, department chair.
“Chicago is a large center for the food industry and food advertising, and unique graduate To help the university recruit academically
programs like our combined MBA/RD program provide a wonderful opportunity to bridge talented students to the nursing program,
health care with the food industry.” Nutrition students also have access to a wide range of Dominican has received two, $1 million
internship experiences through the university’s contract with the City of Chicago for its Head gifts to fund nursing scholarships — one
Start program, and numerous hospital and community partnerships. from Renee Durand Borra ’64 and Pier
Borra, and the second from the Westlake
Offered through the Brennan School of Business, the master’s in business administration with Foundation. The scholarship funds are
a coordinated program in dietetics (MBA/RD) prepares students to become registered important in helping the university firmly
dietitians and take on leadership roles in dietetics, food science, health care and other establish the BSN program in the
nutrition-related industries. The only program of its kind in the United States, Dominican’s marketplace, and meet strong market
MBA/RD program attracts students from around the country who are interested in advancing demand for talented, skilled health care
their careers with a unique skill set. professionals.

A native of Minnesota, Tyler Farrell The Borras are generous, longtime
supporters of the university. Pier — a
MBA/RD ’14 found this unique businessman with strong expertise in the
delivery of health care — is a former trustee
program to be that right fit for the and a strategic, engaged partner with the
university. The Borras are committed to
health care career he wanted to helping the university establish a robust,
multifaceted health care program, and the
pursue. Building on his scholarship funds — which are awarded on
top of the student’s financial aid package
undergraduate degree in leadership — will be directed primarily toward transfer
students who are accepted into the nursing
management and nutrition from Saint program.

John’s University in Minnesota, Farrell Similarly, the Westlake Foundation’s nursing
scholarships will be used to attract
wanted to pursue a career within the academically talented students from the
near western suburbs who are interested in
health care arena. Selected to receive pursuing a nursing career. The foundation is
also a major funder, investing $500,000 for
the Brennan School of Business’ the construction of the state-of-the-art
clinical simulation laboratory located in
Tyler Farrell MBA/RD ’14 Outstanding Student Award, Farrell Parmer Hall.
landed a position as a senior business

analyst with Optum — a division of UnitedHealth Group — working on a health care exchange

project related to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

“Dominican offers the only program in the country for what I wanted to pursue,” he says.
“After I visited the campus, I knew it would be a good fit for me. I value the Catholic
foundation and small class sizes, and the faculty and staff helped me connect with influential
health care professionals.

“The university’s values of integrity and compassion are the same values demanded in health
care and in the payer consultant role.”

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The Pinnacle

WHY ACCREDITA

John Brennan, son of Edward and Lois Brennan,
addresses the guests who attended the September
2014 AACSB accreditation celebration in Chicago.

How do you know if a product or planning in 2005. An application for Brennan, a Dominican alumna, this
service is high quality? In the candidacy was submitted in 2009, and over achievement makes the BSB a standout
competitive world of higher the course of the next several years, faculty program in a crowded marketplace.
education, a primary and staff provided ongoing reports, attended
demonstration of quality is accreditation. Yet, regular meetings and took the essential steps “This most certainly differentiates Brennan
not all accreditation services and programs required to apply for final accreditation. In from most other business schools at smaller
are created equal — some are more rigorous September 2013, a 100-plus-page report was Midwest universities,” says Donna Carroll,
and demanding. submitted demonstrating how the school and president. “At a university in which teaching
its degree programs met the relevant AACSB is already a hallmark, the AACSB
This past spring, Dominican’s Brennan School standards and ongoing improvement endorsement communicates that the school
of Business (BSB) earned the prestigious initiatives. Following a successful on-site visit provides the best of two academic worlds –
AACSB International accreditation (The by the accreditation team in March, the teaching and research.”
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of process was complete and accreditation was
Business), the highest standard of awarded in May. Of course, AACSB isn’t the only noted
achievement for business schools worldwide. accreditation the university holds. Since 1919,
According to Robert D. Reid, executive vice the university has maintained accreditation
“Less than 5 percent of the world’s 13,000 president and chief accreditation officer, by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC),
business programs have earned AACSB AACSB International, “It takes a great deal of the largest of the six regional accrediting
accreditation, which places us among the commitment and determination to earn bodies in the nation. Last year, Dominican
most highly esteemed schools around the AACSB accreditation. Business schools must was among a very small group of schools
globe,” says Molly Burke, PhD, dean, BSB. not only meet specific standards of selected by HLC to pioneer a new
“This is a long-term commitment for the excellence, but their deans, faculty and accreditation process called “Open Pathways.”
university, and it affirms the quality of our professional staff must make a commitment Dominican’s next accreditation site visit will
curriculum, the expertise of our faculty and to ongoing continuous improvement to take place in the spring of 2015.
the talent of our students. It’s also a bridge to ensure that the institution will continue to
careers for our students since employers want deliver the highest quality education “Of the more than 1,000 schools in our region
to hire quality graduates from quality to students.” just 60 were selected to participate in piloting
business schools.” Open Pathways, so this is a distinction for
Named in 2006 in honor of Edward A. Dominican,” says Cheryl Johnson-Odim, PhD,
The road to AACSB accreditation has been Brennan, former chairman and CEO of Sears, provost and senior vice president for
long and deliberate, beginning with the initial Roebuck and Co., and his wife Lois L. academic affairs, and also vice chairperson of

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e of Quality

ATION MATTERS

the HLC. “Accreditation is a valuable process “These standards focus on the student’s graduates are changing and expanding,”
of reflection aimed at continuous ability to demonstrate the subject matter Marek says. “We keep current with these
improvement. Open Pathways is a relatively knowledge and professional skills necessary dramatic changes by providing innovative
new process for re-affirming accreditation to help all students learn,” explains Vicki and diverse opportunities for students.”
that focuses more on evidence and less on Chou, PhD, dean, School of Education, “and
narrative, and thus is a more data-driven the individual programs’ standards are both That same innovation is in place in the
way of aligning our aspirations with our knowledge and performance-based.” Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW),
operations. which is accredited by the Council on Social
Since 1936, the American Library Work Education. GSSW is unique in offering
“While accreditation is reputation enhancing Association (ALA) has accredited the a globally focused, family-centered program,
to external constituents and is important to Graduate School of Library and Information and this year introduced a newly redesigned,
students and employers, it also has Science (GSLIS). evidence-based curriculum offered in a
tremendous internal value,” Johnson-Odim team-based model.
continues. “It guides the institution in “Going through the accreditation process
measuring if we are living up to our mission ensures quality because it assesses the level “Our students must be prepared to practice
and provides the opportunity to reflect on of research and teaching, as well as the in a global framework, and the premise of
where we’ve been and where we’re going.” quality of the curriculum,” says Kate Marek, the accreditation process is that graduates
PhD, dean, GSLIS. “Accreditation is an are prepared to do social work and be social
Each of the graduate schools, as well as entrée into the profession, because from an workers, not just know social work,” explains
many individual academic programs hold employers’ perspective, it is critical that Charlie Stoops, PhD, dean, GSSW. “Students
the premier accreditations for their fields, students graduate from an ALA-accredited get real-world experience and they are
and several members of the Dominican school.” assessed four times throughout the program
faculty serve as reviewers for these on some 30 globally focused, family-based
accreditation organizations. In 2012, the One of the more visible reflections of GSLIS’ competencies. They’re ready.”
School of Education completed the rigorous quality is the number of graduates named to
process of accreditation and was awarded the annual list of “Movers and Shakers” by Dominican’s commitment to maintaining
accreditation from the National Council for the Library Journal. The list spotlights the highest levels of accreditation for all our
Accreditation of Teacher Education innovative leaders in the field, and 15 programs is a statement of the university’s
(NCATE). (In 2013, NCATE became CAEP Dominican graduates have been named to investment in the future.
– Council for the Accreditation of Educator the list in the past 10 years.
Preparation.)
“The information revolution has changed
our field and the roles and job titles of our

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12 F E AT U R E gender-based violence. Moore is now
living in New Mexico, where she is
oEfxpMriessssioionns working with the University of New
Young Mexico Medical Group as a case manager
Mazzuchelli for its high-risk, high-school-based
Model Award health clinics and with its HIV clinic. She
Recipients also serves on her county’s Sexual Assault
Response Team.
F ather Samuel Mazzuchelli, the
founder of the Dominican Sisters of Julia Bray ’06, MSSpEd ’09, is dedicated
Sinsinawa, WI, never shied away to working with vulnerable children who
from “setting out for any place where the often fall through the cracks of the
work is great and difficult,” to paraphrase educational system. She has worked with
one of his most memorable quotes. Indeed, children with behavioral and learning
shortly after arriving in America from Italy challenges at a therapeutic day school on
in 1828, he set out for the vast uncharted the west side of Chicago and served as a
Northwest Territory, where, as the only special education coordinator at a
priest west of the Mississippi River, he middle school in Berwyn, where she
served the pastoral needs of native tribes, co-led an after-school program and
French Canadian fur trappers and traders, sponsored the school yearbook. She is
German immigrant miners and struggling
farmers. selective-enrollment high schools in
Chicago.
This year, 150 years after his death,
Dominican University is commemorating Based on his success with the Providence
Father Samuel’s legacy by honoring six schools, Belkaoui was recruited by the
alumnae/i who exemplify his character and Pritzker Foundation to serve as the first
work. Each of the university’s schools principal of the Jay Pritzker Academy in
nominated a candidate they believed that, Cambodia, where he worked with rural
by his or her actions, represented a Young children who regarded electricity and
Mazzuchelli Model. running water as luxuries. Under his
leadership, the students recorded
Since graduating, Hedi Belkaoui ’04, MAEA impressive gains in standard test scores.
’09, has made it his mission to educate
inner-city youth in America as well as Belkaoui is currently school director of
young people in Cambodia. A Mulroy Young Scholars Kenderton Charter School,
Award-winner, he spent three years as a a turnaround public school in an under-
teacher at Providence St. Mel High School, resourced neighborhood in north
a predominantly African American school Philadelphia dedicated to closing the
in Chicago’s Garfield Park neighborhood. achievement gap for low-income students.
During his tenure, the school achieved a Like Father Samuel, Belkaoui is committed
100 percent success rate in gaining college to social justice through access to
entrance for its seniors. He also served as education.
dean of students at Providence Englewood
Charter School, where 100 percent of his Prior to pursuing her master’s degree in
elementary students were accepted into social work, Ali Moore MSW ’11, lived for
nine months in the village of Lugalo,
Tanzania, where she mobilized youth and
community members around issues of
sexual reproductive health and gender
equality. She helped form a community
action group and established health clubs
in the local schools.

She returned to Tanzania while studying for
her MSW to serve an international field
placement in Dar es Salaam, where she
helped develop a gender empowerment
group for youth, particularly focusing on
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currently teaching at her alma mater, Fenton High School in to create their own oral histories and become involved in their
Bensenville, where she serves as a role model for her high school communities. By immersing herself in Terkel’s work, she has developed
students by giving back to her community in many ways, including a greater appreciation of the contributions of the unsung heroes who,
serving as a cantor and choir director at her church. like those served by Father Samuel, were instrumental in building this
country. As visionary as Father Samuel was, even he might be surprised
Like Father Samuel, Roberto Sepulveda MBA ’10, understands the by the high-technology methods Schein is using to sing their praises.
importance of reaching out to those who are often marginalized by
society. He has spent his career managing diversity initiatives in several Vince Zaprzal, ’06, MFM ’10, has held leadership positions in several
Fortune 500 companies, including Kraft Foods and Sara Lee, and is parishes serving diverse communities and has supported families at
currently manager of diversity and inclusion at United Stationers. A every stage of the life cycle, from directing children’s choirs to offering
past president of the Chicago chapter of the National Society of pastoral care to the elderly and sick. He currently serves as a pastoral
Hispanic MBAs, Sepulveda also serves on the board of the West Cook associate at St. Walter Church in Roselle and as music director at Christ
YMCA and on diversity advisory committees at Triton College and the King Parish in Lombard. In addition, he has taught in Dominican’s
Fenwick High School. He is also a member of the Maywood Rotary pastoral ministry department, where he continues to inspire the next
Club. generation of church leaders, many of whom undoubtedly also have
been inspired by the work of Father Samuel Mazzuchelli.
As manager of the Studs Terkel Radio Archive at the WFMT Radio
Network, Allison Schein MLIS ’12, is sharing this iconic Chicago figure’s Dominican is proud to honor these trailblazers and leaders.
work with schools throughout the Chicago area. Using cutting-edge
digital technology, she is providing K-12 students with access to Terkel’s 2014 Young Mazzuchelli Model
radio programs while promoting media literacy and inspiring children Award Recipients

Pictured with President Donna Carroll are, left to right, Julia Bray, Allison
Schein, Vince Zaprzal, Hedi Belkaoui, Ali Moore and Roberto Selpulveda.

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FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

Taking a Stand:
David Perry’s Mission to Speak Up

“One of the greatest things about a liberal arts following, and has led to his role as a regular columnist for The Chronicle
education is that it prepares you for whatever is of Higher Education, the preeminent source of news and information for
to come,” says David Perry, PhD, associate colleges and universities.
professor of history.
The opportunity to write for millions of readers provides an unmatched
It’s not a surprising statement coming from someone raised in academia platform to do what Perry sees as the ultimate aim of any professor: to
(both parents are historians), a graduate of a liberal arts college and now educate. He relishes the opportunity to combat misperceptions about
a teacher at a liberal arts university. What is powerful about the medieval history, academics in general and a variety of other topics close
statement is that it comes from firsthand experience. Regarded as one of to his heart. And, while he draws on his expertise as a historian for his
the university’s busiest professors, Perry manages to balance and blend commentaries on the intersection of medieval and Catholic history, or on
the many aspects of his professional and personal life while sharing the topics affecting or relating to higher education, he derives particular
insights gained in a very public forum — the media. pride in the commentaries inspired by his personal experiences as a
parent to 7-year-old Nico, who was born with Down syndrome, and
On campus, in addition to his teaching and advising responsibilities, 5-year-old Ellie. Offering his own special insights and perspective, he has
Perry is chair of the Catholic studies minor and director of the annual written extensively on parenting, feminism and gender equality, working
Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Investigations dads, mandatory vaccinations, police violence, and the rights and
Symposium (URSCI). Off campus, he is perhaps the university’s most representation of the disabled.
prolific writer. In the past two years, Perry has penned dozens of
commentaries that are regularly featured in some of the country’s most Perry suggests that his most important commentaries are ones
popular media outlets, including CNN.com, The Atlantic, NPR, The addressing police violence against people with disabilities, which
Huffington Post, Al Jazeera America and The Chronicle of Higher stemmed from an incident in Maryland when police killed a young man
Education. An insightful voice on a wide range of issues, he is also a with Down syndrome. The public outcry, supported by Perry’s
frequent guest on number of radio programs around the country. commentaries for CNN.com and The Nation, led the State of Maryland to
institute mandatory crisis intervention training, ensuring that all officers
learn how to effectively handle encounters with individuals who are
disabled or have mental illness. “It’s an unambiguous good and I am
proud to have played a role in getting this enacted,” he says.

It was Perry’s expertise in medieval history and the Middle Ages and the To date, more than 50 of Perry’s op-eds have been published. “I write
major influence of the Catholic Church at the time that opened the door daily, because I see it as an everyday discipline — like an exercise
to his writing public commentaries. When news broke in 2012 of Pope regimen,” he says. And, he credits his liberal arts training for giving him
Benedict’s XVI’s surprise resignation, misinformation about the Catholic the requisite critical thinking and writing skills.
Church’s medieval history was prevalent. Perry seized the opportunity
and penned pieces chronicling the connections between present events “When I was hired here, I had no idea what I was getting into,” he says.
and the Catholic Church’s medieval past, which were accepted for “The Middle Ages really matter at a Catholic university, and medieval
publication on CNN.com and in The Atlantic. Catholicism was a complex faith. I sensed very quickly that what I knew
was appreciated and valued.
“My knowledge proved to be useful, so now if something is newsworthy
and I have something to say, I’ll pitch it to an editor,” he says. And, while “Before coming here I wouldn’t have said ‘mission’ was my purpose, but I
they don’t always say “yes,” Perry’s writing has gained a substantial now know that it is. Dominican calls us to take a stand. I have a voice and
I have access. This is my mission.”

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An Extraordinary L

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Legacy Mary Kerwin White ’44

Founder, La Leche League

W hile the origins of many great From these meetings, interest grew and soon “We always felt that the mother-to-mother
organizations can be traced to some the founders were responding to letters and experience was most important. We
humble beginnings, the concept of launching calls from women far and wide. They started a responded personally to each letter or
a global movement was not in Mary Kerwin newsletter, produced brochures and phone call.
White’s ’44 mind when she and six friends first published the first edition of La Leche
met in her living room that October evening in League’s most noted publication The Womanly “Today, the atmosphere is more encouraging
1956. The seven women — each of whom had Art of Breastfeeding — now in its eighth and conducive to breastfeeding. And certainly
several children — figured they had a degree edition. And, while their meetings were always La Leche League was influential in bringing
of expertise when it came to things like held at someone’s home to retain the intimacy about these changes.”
breastfeeding and could provide valuable and personal connections, they eventually
support and counsel to new mothers who opened an office in Franklin Park and hired a As the league expanded internationally, Mary
were interested in breastfeeding their infants secretary to help with the mailings. and her co-founders traveled to Ireland,
but sought additional resources and France, Germany and a number of other
encouragement. Soon women in other cities expressed interest countries as far away as Japan and Australia to
in holding meetings in their communities. speak at meetings – and, though their league
It was an idea whose time had come, because When the Reader’s Digest published an article responsibilities consumed much of their
from those meetings the famed La Leche about the league, the subsequent publicity waking hours, no salaries were collected. “The
League International was born. It was named propelled the operations to the national and seven of us ran it because we loved it,” she
for the shrine Nuestra Señora de la Leche y international levels with chapters, conferences says. She remained active and engaged with
Buen Parto (Our Lady of the Milk and Happy and conventions worldwide. The league the league into the 1990s, when she officially
Delivery) in St. Augustine, FL. attracted the support of world figures “retired,” though just last year she penned a
including Princess Grace of Monaco, who letter about La Leche League that appeared in
Recognized today as the world’s leading delivered the keynote speech at the league’s the Wall Street Journal.
breastfeeding advocacy organization, La 1971 national convention in Chicago. Today,
Leche League International now has in addition to seminars and workshops, the Now 91, and the matriarch of a large, close-
operations in some 70 countries, providing organization publishes more than 20 knit family — 11 children, 62 grandchildren,
education, outreach and mother-to-mother publications on childcare. 86 great grandchildren and counting — Mary
support for tens of millions of women around enjoys the fruits of her labors, spending time
the world — all thanks to the progressive, In those early years, Mary handled all the with the many generations. Each October, the
enterprising attitude of Mary and her friends. medical information, writing articles and family holds a family reunion at the Thatcher
For it was in the 1950s that infant formula was responding to questions from women across Woods Forest Preserve, close to the
first mass-produced and marketed, the country. “From the beginning, our mentor Dominican campus and the River Forest
contributing to the significant decline in was Dr. Herbert Ratner, who was a close friend home where the family lived for many years.
breastfeeding rates to 20 percent. of my husband and the director of public
health for Oak Park,” she says. Soon, Mary and Mary was a speech and drama major at Rosary
With the encouragement of her husband her fellow founders instituted a physician and over the course of her years with La Leche
Gregory — a family physician who was advisory board comprised of some 20 League, she certainly utilized the public
especially receptive to more natural practices physicians of various specialties from around speaking skills she learned from her favorite
in caring for new mothers and infants — Mary the country, including her husband. They kept teacher, Sister Gregory Duffy, OP. “She was a
and her friends invited the first group of dozens of notebooks, each filled with detailed wonderful teacher and I am so glad to have
women over for relaxed conversation. “We logs of conversations and questions posed by learned from her,” she says. “I loved Rosary
really felt that breastfeeding was something women — offering a fascinating peek at the College and still have good friends and fond
women wanted to do, but just didn’t know sometimes-challenging relationships between memories of my time there. It made a big
how to do it or they didn’t have the support to patients, physicians and societal convention, difference in my life as a mother, grandmother
be successful. Together we learned so much and the practices and beliefs about and now a great-grandmother as well!”
about mothering through breastfeeding.” breastfeeding across the generations.
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Far left: Following the wedding ceremony for her “Back in those days we saw the main obstacles
daughter, Mary and her family gathered for photos to successful breastfeeding as doctors,
in the Cloister Walk. Left: The league cofounders hospitals and social pressures,” Mary says.
were committed to holding meetings in the home
to retain the intimacy and personal connections.
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18 F A C U LT Y B R I E F S John Jenks, professor of communication, won second
place in the Robert L. Stevenson Paper Competition of the
Rosary College of Arts and Sciences International Communication Division of the Association for
Education in Journalism and Mass Communication for his
Daniela Andrei, associate professor of chemistry, and her paper, “The Scramble for African Media: Reuters,
research students presented “Characterization and Thomson and Britain in the 1960s.” In August, he
biological applications of diazeniumdiolates from primary presented the award-winning research paper at the annual
amines” at the 2014 Spring Symposium and Student conference of the Association for Education in Journalism
Research Conference in STEM, organized by the National and Mass Communication in Montreal, Canada, where he
Science Foundation at the Center for STEM Education and also participated in a panel discussion on teaching
Research. Her students won second place in the journalism ethics at faith-based institutions.
competition.
Todd Kleine, adjunct faculty, computer science, and
Daniel A. Beach, department chair and professor of adjunct faculty, library and information science, was
psychology, was appointed to the Faculty Advisory Council named chairman of the board of the Association of
of the Illinois Board of Higher Education to serve as the Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA) Chicago
representative for private institutions of higher education. chapter, the third-largest chapter of the international
The council represents all of the college and university organization. He also earned the designation Project
faculty members in the state of Illinois. Management Professional (PMP) from the Project
Management Institute.
Irina Calin-Jageman, associate professor of biology,
delivered the keynote presentation “In It for the Long-Term: Claire Noonan, vice president for mission and ministry
What simple animals can teach us about the molecular and adjunct professor of theology and LAS seminar, and
basis of memory” at the Evolution, Brain and Disease Jeffrey Carlson, dean, presented “Better Together:
Symposium hosted by Lake Forest College in April 2014. Fostering Interfaith Appreciation to Advance the Common
She also gave the seminar “Identification of novel genes Good” at the Dominican Higher Education Biennial
regulated in Aplysia sensitization” for the Purdue University Colloquium in New York, NY, in June.
Calumet Biology Department in March 2014.
She and John DeCostanza, director, university ministry,
Jeffrey Carlson, dean, presented “Measuring Interfaith presented “Practicing Effective Assessment of College
Learning” at the Toward a Field of Interfaith Studies Chaplaincy” at the Council of Independent Colleges
Conference at New York University, in January 2014. In Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education College
March, he presented “Leveraging a Campus’ Mission to Chaplaincy Conference in March. She also presented
Make Interfaith Cooperation an Institutionwide Priority” at “Building Bridges: How Can Presidential Spouses Help?”
the Diversity, Learning and Student Success: Policy, at the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
Practice, Privilege Conference, hosted by the Association annual meeting in Washington, D.C., in February.
of American Colleges and Universities, in Chicago.
Nkuzi Nnam, professor of philosophy and director of
Peter K. Fallon, adjunct faculty, LAS seminar, had his black world studies, presented “Colonial Mentality in
essay about Neil Postman that appears in his book Africa” at the 22nd annual conference of the National
Cultural Defiance, Cultural Deviance translated into French Association of African-American Studies, held in Baton
and printed in a Spring 2014 issue of the French magazine Rouge, LA. He presented the paper “The Leadership Role
L’Ecologiste. The essay is titled “Qu’est-ce que Neil of Women in Africa” at the 38th annual conference of the
Postman pense à l’Internet: ma conversation imaginaire” National Council for Black Studies. He also hosted the
or “What Neil Postman Thinks About the Internet: My 12th annual international conference on the Igbo Studies
Imaginary Conversation.” Association, “Ochichi: Igbo Leadership – Past, Present
and Future.”
Joyce Goldenstern, adjunct faculty, English, presented a
seminar on the fiction of Alice Munro at the Newberry Ariel Orlov, distance learning, instruction and reference
Library. Her story “Gretel: After the Old Witch Died” was librarian, presented “Four Challenges Every New Distance
published in the Pacific Review and her poem “Westtown: Learning Librarian Should Expect, and How to Meet
1984” was published in the anthology Wandering Cities. Them” at the 16th Distance Library Services Conference
held in Denver, CO.
Christine Heckman, adjunct faculty, theatre arts, had her
essay “Roadside ‘Vigil’ for the Dead: Cannibalism, Fossil Jeannine Potter, adjunct faculty in dance, was one of
Fuels and the American Dream,” published in the book three national adjudicators for the Ohio Dance Festival
“We’re All Infected”: Essays on AMC’s The Walking Dead performance in April 2014, in Columbus, OH. She also
and the Fate of the Human. presented original choreography and participated as an
instructor at the American College Dance Festival
Joseph Heininger, associate professor of English, Association’s regional conference, held at Northeastern
presented “Teaching Yeats’s ‘In Memory of Major Robert Illinois University.
Gregory’” at the ACTC conference in Los Angeles in April
2014. He presented “In Love with Another Language: Valerie Rangel, adjunct faculty, apparel design and
Reading Derek Mahon’s French Translations” at the merchandising, published “Dress and Disaster: Fashioning
international ACIS conference in Dublin, Ireland, in June Creative Responses to Disaster” in the journal Fashion,
2014. Style & Popular Culture, Volume 1, No. 2. She presented
“Drop Dead Beauty: Dressing the Deceased” at the Pop
Alexis Howe, assistant professor of Spanish, presented Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/
“The Struggles for Memory in Chile: Mujeres en la Memoria ACA) national conference, held in Chicago. 
and Londres 38” at the 66th annual Kentucky Foreign
Language Conference in Lexington, KY. She traveled to Frank Spidale, assistant professor of painting, drawing
Chile in July to complete her project entitled “Graffiti, and printmaking, recently hasd his work featured in the
Resistance and Memory: CADA and the Legacy of the national juried exhibition, First Street Gallery, in New York.
‘No +’ Movement in Chile Today.” The juror was Jed Perl. His work was also featured in the
sixth national juried exhibition, Prince Street Gallery, in
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Tonia Bernardi Triggiano, associate professor of Italian, School of Education
presented the paper “Imperative Persuasion: Educative
Economy in Dante’s Comedy,” at the 2014 Illinois Medieval Jacquelyn Benchik-Osborne, adjunct professor,
Association conference in February. presented “To Do Social Justice Teaching and To Be a
Socially Just Educator” at the seventh annual Conference
Marion Weedermann, professor of mathematics, on Equity and Social Justice held in Syracuse, NY, in
presented “Optimization of Biogas Production in a Model March. She wrote the chapter “CSFE Principles: Wise and
for Anaerobic Digestion with Inhibition” at the second Effective Mechanisms to Translate Social Foundations
annual Midwest Women in Mathematics Symposium at Content to K-12 Classroom Practice,” which was
the University of Notre Dame in April 2014. She gave a published in the book Effective or Wise: Teaching and
colloquium talk titled “From Waste to Biogas – Insights Assessing Professional Dispositions in Education. Her
through Mathematical Modeling” at Albion College in paper “An Empirical Study: To What Extent and in What
February 2014. She also spoke on “Dynamic Obesity Ways Does Social Foundations of Education Inform Four
Prevalence” at the First Short Course on Mathematical Teachers’ Educational Beliefs and Classroom Practices?”
Methods in Obesity Research at the University of Alabama was published in Educational Studies, 49(6), 540-563.
in May 2014.
Samina Hadi-Tabassum, associate professor, published
Nicolas Winter, assistant professor of chemistry, the article “How Algorithms are Taking Over Writing” which
presented “Molecular dynamics simulations of the ligand appeared in Phi Delta Kappan. She also presented her
exchange reaction for the aqueous beryllium (II) ion” at the research study on early childhood policy in Illinois at the
248th American Chemical Society national meeting and American Educational Research Association (AERA)
exposition in San Francisco, CA. conference in Philadelphia.

Father Richard Woods, OP, professor of theology, Marie Masterson, associate professor, presented “The
presented an illustrated talk on “Celtic Spirituality: A Living Impact of Embedded Course Components on Teacher
Legacy” in March for the Old St. Patrick’s Church North Preparation in Culturally Responsive Practices” at the
Side off-site Insight program, hosted at the Sisters of the American Educational Research Association annual
Resurrection Provincial House in Chicago. He also served meeting in Philadelphia in April. In May, she presented
as an external examiner for a PhD examination on “Making Harm Visible: Exploring the Immediate Detrimental
“Seeking the Face of God in Christianity and Islam” at All Impacts of Punishment” at the international conference
Hallows College, Dublin, Ireland, in June 2014. “Creating a Non-Violent Future: Children’s Rights and
Advances in Protection from Corporal Punishment” at the
GInrfaodrmuaatteioSncShcoioelnocfeLibrary and Loyola University Center for the Human Rights of Children.
She also completed a research study in Ethiopia entitled
Christopher Stewart, assistant professor, presented “It “The Impact of Culture, Religion and Childrearing
Starts When You Walk in the Door: A Research Approach Traditions on Strength-based Child Discipline Practices,” in
to Understanding the YA Experience in the Physical Library conjunction with authorship of a positive character
Space” at the 2014 annual conference of the Association education program entitled “Empowering Children for
for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) in Life.” Masterson also co-wrote the lead article “Maximize
Philadelphia, PA. Your Influence to Make Toddler Mornings Meaningful,”
which appeared in the November 2013 issue of Young
Brennan School of Business Children.

Peter Alonzi, professor of economics and finance, Anita Miller, associate professor, and Allen Studnitzer,
contributed a chapter titled “Pauses” to the book assistant professor, wrote the article, “Yoga: Therapy for
Becoming Beholders, which was published in April by Children on the Autism Spectrum,” which appeared in the
Liturgical Press. Summer 2014 Academic Exchange Quarterly. The article
was chosen as one of the “Editors’ Choice” articles for the
He and Dan Condon, professor of economics, presented issue.
the paper “Are Business Majors Different? Strategies for
Teaching Principles of Microeconomics” at the Academy of Penny Silvers, associate professor of literacy and director
Business Education conference. The paper was then of the summer reading academy, received a $10,000 grant
published in the proceedings. from the Kaplan Foundation Fund to support the North
Lawndale literacy program and the Hooked on Books
Elizabeth W. Collier, associate professor of business program. The grant provided tuition for children from the
ethics, co-edited and contributed two chapters to Catalyst Howland Charter School in North Lawndale to
Religious and Ethical Perspectives on Global Migration, attend the School of Education summer reading academy
published by Lexington Books, an imprint of Rowman & and also funds for each of the 50 children attending the
Littlefield Publishers. The authored chapters are “And They academy to purchase books to own at the end of the
Fled into Egypt: Migration in the Light of Scripture and program.
Catholic Social Teaching” and “Arguing About Immigration:
The Claims of Restrictionists and Non-Restrictionists.” School of Professional and Continuing
Studies
Kathleen Odell, associate professor of economics,
presented “Team-Based Learning and Student Matt Hlinak, assistant provost for continuing studies and
Performance on Assessment Measures” at the fourth special initiatives, presented “Life as a Casebook:
annual AEA Conference on Teaching and Research in Constructivist Approaches to Legal Studies Education” to
Economic Education (CTREE), held in Washington, D.C., the Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business. He
in May. was elected vice-president of the academy.

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My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word. Psalm 119:28

A lumnae / i Brennan School of Business Parent of Dorothy Davis Grant ’58
1930s Jerry Brandes MBA ’80 Regina Greven Bartzis ’72, MBA ’82 Utako Kimura Hudson MALS ’63
Sr. Jo Wear, OP ’36 Kalpana Sapkota Dhungel MBA ’07 Peggy Hoy Beata^ Rosemary Murphy Kaenel ’50
Sr. Marietta Rourke, PVBM ’39 Dr. Evelyn Bluhm ’65 Anne Skroko Keenan ’69
Graduate School of Library and Dolores Carrizosa* Tomasz Maslowski ’00
1940s Information Science Justine Christian ’08 Kathryn Fleming McLaughlin ’44
Sr. Marie Walter Flood, OP ’40 Helen Mosher Cosgrove MALS ’52 Joan Cusack Conley ’78 Agnes Tierney Prindiville ’50
Mildred Seasword Wright ’42 Jeanne Viola Campbell MALS ’54 Felisa Gomez Cotera ’55 Anne Secker^
Harriet Kruppenbacher DeMartini ’43 Sr. Mary Adrienne Riehle, SND, Merrit DeBartolo ’05, MD James Smith MBA ’79
Gay McDowell Burmeister ’45 MALS ’65 Katie Ediger**
Marilu Flanagan Matre ’45 Lillian Cruse Porter MALS ’70 Marita Hoy Fenley ’68 U niversity F riends
Dorothy Kelly Carey ’46 Rene Raatjes MALS ’70 Staci Alford Foss ’88 Sr. Denisia Ahern, OP
Eileen Craig Cooper ’46 Karen Detrick Wavering MALS ’73 (MHS) Isabel Gomez Fushille ’54 George Anastaplo, JD, PhD
Katherine Hartigan Thewes ’46 Laura Culberg MALS ’74 Yaquala Brown Gant ’88 Annemarie Bluhm
Nancy Gilray Ahlin ’48 Edward Dudek MALIS ’87 John Glier^ Thomas Cusack
Florence Conlon Novak ’48 Yolanda Quela Hernandez MALIS ’91 Mariclare Cusack Hart ’77 Charles Evers
Mary Daleiden Sexton ’48 Thomas Barton MLIS ’98* Maureen Cusack Healy ’90 Sr. Mary Owen Haggerty, OP (FS)
Dorothy Dyas Dempsey ’49 Maureen Shea Malinowski MLIS ’02 Peggy Horan^ Dorothy Hoy
Helen Matre Hopkinson ’49 Gigi Galich MLIS ’10 Lucy Hoy^ Thomas McNamara
Phyllis Madden Milone ’49 Thomas Kourim ’77 Sr. Marie Raphael Morell, OP+
School of Education Peter Kourim ’92 Sr. Marie Joan O’Keefe, OP (FS)
1950s Nancy Snyder MSEd ’95** Christine Lapetina Kukla ’72 John Secker*
Sr. Helen Dailey, OP ’50 Rita Mariahazy LeClaire ’96
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Josephine Duro Smolenski ’58 Arlene Maniati-Blackburn ’90 Nicole Tsamis** (MHS) Mazzuchelli Heritage Society
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Regina Goodman Knowles ’59 Shanila Perera ’05, MD Emilia Walasik** The Mazzuchelli Heritage Society
Marianne Zurawsky Linn ’59 John W. Rowe^ was established to recognize and honor
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Louis Scannicchio, MD* Donna Buckholz ’55 Dominican University who have provided
1960s Bernice Fogarty Sullivan ’52 Claire Cusack Cronin ’49 for Dominican through their estate plans.
Mary Margaret Kimmel ’60, Veronica Tabet ’80 Sr. Jeanne Flanagan, OP ’46 This honorary society is named for Father
MALS ’63, PhD Mary Langlois Tyler ’68 Dorothy Davis Grant ’58 Samuel Mazzuchelli, founder of the
Judith Hazard ’61 Crystal Williams ’08 Sr. Evelyn Jegen, RC ’58 Sinsinawa Dominicans—a man whose life
Melinda Smith Rohrer ’62 Vicki Woodward ’71 Catherine Kimmel ’63 reflected both extraordinary generosity
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Dolores “Lori” Bogacz ’66 G randparent of Joyce Madden Tasch Lennon ’52 information, please contact Grace
Maria Scotti Chapin MFA/Schifanoia ’67 Kelly Adler ’10 Norma Lesniak* Cichomska, vice president, University
Ruth Longarier Juvinall ’68 Brian Carrizosa ’09, MLIS ’11 Jeanne Derpack Mazza ’81 Advancement, at (708) 524-6288.
Diane Evans Drobish ’69 Jennifer Francisco Doerr ’91 Eileen McNamara ’61
Michelle Erickson ’90, MBA ’97 Betty Sigler Sanders ’57
1970s Christine Essig** Marilyn McNamara Schaub ’49
Susanne Smith Sparagana ’72 Dan Humphreys ’09 Susan Secker ’67 (T)
Ann V. Ingrisano ’78, MBA ’90 Stephanie Lieberman ’07 Patricia Nasharr Tabet ’52
Andrea Bartzis Leinweber ’05, MBA ’06 Emily Tegenkamp ’09
1980s Susanne McLaren MAEd ’13 Jeanne Cusack Walsh ’53
Sr. Rose Marie Conway, OP, MFA/ Grace Radkins ’14
Schifanoia ’82 Lisanne Scannicchio ’10 S pouse of
Jeanne Harold Gorski ’83, MBA ’91 Brittany Scannicchio ’11 Joan Crowley Cusack ’49
Sylvia Wisneski Kaufmann ’85 Maggie Feliciano Tinsley ’00 Binod Dhungel MS/CIS ’03
Rebecca Schwan ’86 Jennifer Francisco Doerr ’91
Barbara Hennigan Drain ’53
Irene Jodkowski Dudek MLIS ’95

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OUR MISSION As a Sinsinawa Dominican-sponsored institution, Dominican University
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PASSING GLANCES Caritas Veritas in Community

As in previous years, the fifth annual Caritas Veritas Symposium invited the entire Dominican community
— trustees, faculty, staff, students, alumnae/i and friends — to engage in multifaceted conversations and
reflections on the Dominican motto, Caritas et Veritas. This year, following the theme of “Caritas et Veritas
in Community” the Dominican community was touched and inspired by the powerful reflections shared by
20 of our own Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa.

Sharing their individual and collective
insights on love and truth, the Sisters
reminded us that, in the words of Sister
Melissa Waters OP, “Here at Dominican,
we seek to live caritas in community with
our students. Relationships form the body
of Dominican University. We belong to
one another.”

In this 150th year since the death of
founder Father Samuel Mazzauchelli OP,
the moving presentation by his successors
guided all in attendance toward a closer
exploration of the possibilities for love
and truth in a world rich in diversity, filled
with grace and fractured by inequality.

To view the Sisters’ plenary session
presentation and to access all the
Caritas Veritas Symposium texts, go to
www.dom.edu/cvsymposium.